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Editorial – A Well Kept Watch

December 1918
South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd 1944 A Well Kept Watch On Sunday the Home Guard formally “stands down.” In the critical days which followed the Dunkirk...

War Welfare Fund Fayre – Bouquet for MRs Baker

December 1944
South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd 1944 War Welfare Fund Fayre - Kilnhurst Effort for Service Men and Women Mrs. Baker accepting a bouquet from Doreen Whaley....

War Welfare Fund Fayre – Kilnhurst Effort for Service Men and Women

December 1944
South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd 1944 War Welfare Fund Fayre Kilnhurst Effort for Service Men and Women Enthusiasm ran high at Kilnhurst yesterday (Thursday), where, at the...

Soldier – Stamper H. – Promoted in India.

July 1943
South Yorkshire Times, July 24, 1943 Promoted in India. Here is a picture of company quartermaster Sergeant H. Stamper, whose wife lives at 7, Charles Street,...

Editorial – Hard Pounding

25 November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 25th 1944 Hard Pounding General Eisenhower, like Wellington at Waterloo, is seeing who can pound longer.  It is a test of many...

Airman – Taylor, Charles – R.A.F. Commission

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 25th 1944 R.A.F. Commission The first Kilnhurst lad to receive his “wings” in the R.A.F. has now become the first to be...

Editorial – Well Begun

17 July 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 17 July 1943 Well Begun The Second Front, about which so much has been said and written, particularly since Mr. Churchill...

Obituary – George Pearson

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 18th 1944 Obituary Only nine weeks after the death of his wife, the death occurred suddenly last Thursday of Mr. George Pearson...

Warren Vale Closing – Manvers and Kilnhurst Taking Workers

March 1943
South Yorkshire Times, March 20, 1943 Warren Vale Closing Manvers and Kilnhurst Taking Workers The Warren Vale Collier between Swinton and Rawmarsh is to close on Saturday...

4 November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944 America’s Choice President Roosevelt’s re-election for a fourth term as President of the United States is not surprising, but in...

“Salute Week” Plaques for Swinton and Kilnhurst

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 4th 1944 “Salute Week” Plaques for Swinton and Kilnhurst Plaques to commemorate the success of “Salute the Soldier” Week were received on...

Cadet Week at Swinton – Over £50 Already Raised

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944 Swinton Army Cadet Corps Wall Scale A wall-scaling demonstration by members of the Swinton Army Cadet Corps, given as part...

Editorial – Election in the Air

4 November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 4th 1944 Election in the Air Since it seems that sooner or later we must resign ourselves to a resumption of the...

Marconigrams, October 28th, 1944

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 28th 1944 Marconigrams Wath Main Colliery Co. have declared an interim dividend of 3%. In order to obtain funds for recreational and social...

Editorial – Root and Branch

21 October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 21st 1944 Root and Branch If Hitler and Himmler have their way the war will go on for a good deal yet,...

Father Christmas by Helicopter !

September 1970
South Yorkshire Times, September 5, 1970 Father Christmas by Helicopter ! Eyes skyward as the helicopter carrying Father Christmas comes into sight at Kilnhurst Welfare ground...

Airman – Sarjantson, John William – Missing At Arnhem

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 21st 1944 Missing At Arnhem Staff-Sgt. Glider Pilot John William Sarjantson (21) has been reported missing following the airborne landing at Arnhem,...

Editorial – “White Paper” On Peace

14 October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 14th 1944 “White Paper” On Peace A White Paper on international security.  That description seems to fit the report on the Dumbarton...

Nursing Success

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 7th 1944 Nursing Success Nurse Nellie Doris Godfrey, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Godfrey, 14, Beighton Road, Kilnhurst, recently passed...

Editorial – A Winter Campaign?

7 October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 7th 1944 A Winter Campaign? With Christmas less than three months away and the Germans still hanging on grimly to their frontier...

The Great Blizzard

March 1933
South Yorkshire Times  March 3, 1933 The Great Blizzard The severest snowstorm in living memory broke over South Yorkshire on Friday afternoon and continued without intermission...

Accident at Thrybergh Hall – Inquest at Conisborough.

March 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 31 March 1893 Accident at Thrybergh Hall Inquest at Conisborough. On Monday, at the Station Hotel, Conisborough, Mr. P. E....

Editorial – A Great Step Forward

30 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 30th 1944 A Great Step Forward Having held the pass for a critical period in this greatest of wars Britain now proposes...

Editorial – The Fight for the Rhine

23 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd 1944 The Fight for the Rhine Since the last war the fact that Germany “gave in too soon” has often been...

Sailor- Fearn, Lawrence – Letter From Monty

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd, 1944 Letter From Monty Miss Vera Fearn, “Rookwood,” Rockingham Road, Swinton, has received letters from General Montgomery and General Alexander thanking...